Syrian filmmakers Talal Derki, Heba Khaled and Ali Wajeeh chronicle the experience of five actresses trying to record and expose their country's deeply entrenched misogyny. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic A sense of foreboding haunts Under the Sky ...

DAMASCUS, Va. (WCYB) — The Damascus Presbyterian Church has been sitting unused for nearly two years, but now it’s going to transform into a place to help women in need. Women want to be successful and they want to keep their kids so I think just with ...

Syrian actresses prepare a space for a theater company in 'Under the Sky of Damascus' Courtesy of Raed Sandeed Millions of women in the Muslim world live under the dominion of men, subject to their rules, confined by their power. The documentary Under the ...

Women’s organizations and activists in northeast Syria (Rojava) on Sunday called for the ongoing integration process between Damascus and the Kurdish-led administration to include the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ).

Damascus, March 14 (SANA) – Syria’s interior minister, Anas Khattab, on Saturday inaugurated a women’s police training institute in the town of al‑Tall near Damascus, part of a government effort to expand the role of women in the country’s law ...

Damascus Y-Women will host their annual gift and craft auction Nov.13 at Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church, at 25100 Ridge Road in Damascus. This year’s event — themed “Denim and Diamonds” — will feature a live and silent auction. Between 70 to 80 ...

A woman was injured after a missile fell on a three-story building in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Friday night, a security source told Sky News Arabia. Prior to the official's comments, there were reports of an explosion being heard in the Al-Hadath ...